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Infringement & Validity:Â Study Guide to the Patent Examination Board Final Diploma 4 Examination (2024)
The ‘Final Diploma 4: Infringement & Validity’ examination seeks to test a candidate’s ability to prepare an infringement and validity opinion for a set of patent claims for at least one potentially infringing article and in view of the prior art.
This study guide by Philip Barnes is structured this book to attempt to provide:
- A simplified summary of some of the key legislation and case law that needs to be used to prepare a solid answer to the examination with a view to showing those preparing for the FD4 examination how the various principles from legislation and case law are derived and how these interact.
- An overview of the exam itself.
- Explanations of some techniques and considerations for each section of the paper, i.e. for construction, infringement, novelty, inventive step, sufficiency, amendment and advice; and
- Some tips for how to prepare for, and then revise for, the exam.
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